BOYD SHUTSOUT COLBORNE CHIEFS
(Bradford, ON, Nov 10, 2015)
Goaltender Chris Boyd had a shining shutout performance Sunday evening when the Bradford Rattlers defeated the Colborne Chiefs 5-0 final. With the victory, the Rattlers improve to 11-3-2 through 16 games and remain in the top five teams in the Central division.
Bradford came out to a hot start, scoring four goals within the first 8 minutes of the hockey game. The Rattlers shifted focus to a defensive game and would not allow anything against through the remaining 50 minutes, adding another goal in the second period.
The previously mentioned Chris Boyd was the game's first star making 24 saves for his first junior shutout. Stephen Eccles lead the way offensively with a goal & assist to be the third star.
Scorers in the match included: Stephen Eccles, Rasmus Brunnberg, Gustav Larsson, Lukas Maros and Nacho Vincente.
The Northern Ireland duo of Chris Boyd and Stephen Eccles have shown drastic improvements through the first half of the GMHL season. The two childhood friends have been teammates since they started playing hockey. Eccles, 18, is a speedy scoring winger and one of the top prospects of the Belfast Giants who compete in England's top professional league. His Irish counterpart Chris Boyd is a goaltender, also part of the Giant's prospect system here on a development season before joining the big club.
Eccles, Boyd and the rest of the Bradford Rattlers take on their cross-town rival, the Bradford Bulls this Sunday at the BWG Leisure Centre. The season series between the two rivals has each club with one victory in the first two games. Puck drop is 7:30pm Sunday.
